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Map of South Africa. This is a list of airports in South Africa, grouped by type and sorted by location. Most of the largest airports are owned by the Airports Company of South Africa these include all the international airports except for Lanseria International Airport which is privately owned. Most other public airports are owned by local ...
The lowlands, below about 500 m (1,640 ft) altitude, along South Africa's northern border with Botswana and Zimbabwe, where a 180-million-year-old failed rift valley cuts into Southern Africa's central plateau and locally obliterates the Great Escarpment, [9] [10] is known as the Lowveld. [11]
Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa.It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, the city lies about 110 km (68 mi) by road west of the Mozambique border, 330 km (210 mi) east of Johannesburg and 82 km (51 mi) north of the Eswatini border.
It is located near the confluence of the Ga-Selati River and the Olifants, halfway up along the western border of the Kruger National Park in the Lowveld. It is the only town in South Africa that borders Kruger National Park. The border with Mozambique is two hours away. Various private game reserves nearly surround Phalaborwa.
The Kruger National Park has a number of 'Bushveld' camps, [1] but these are strictly speaking in the lowveld, as these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Although their limits are somewhat blurred, [ 2 ] lowveld is generally restricted to the more easterly parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This international game park brings together some of the best and most established wildlife areas in southern Africa. The park is managed as an integrated unit across an unprecedented three international boundaries which includes the Kruger National Park (South Africa), Limpopo National Park and Gonarezhou National Park .
Lydenburg, also known as Mashishing, [2] [3] is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, on the Mpumalanga highveld, South Africa.It is situated on the Sterkspruit/Dorps River tributary of the Lepelle River at the summit of the Long Tom Pass.
White River lies 20 km north of Mbombela, and 46 km south of Hazyview, not far from the border with Kruger National Park. It is 15 km west-north-west of the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. [14] The town includes a residential, commercial, and industrial areas while agricultural holdings are on the outskirts of the town.